Cabelas to pay

[Iowa_Buckeye]

I don't see how Cablas is ripping anyone off in this case. Just be responsible, pay your bill on time, and you won't have any problems. If you can't understand the concept of credit, then don't get a card, loan, etc.

And $10 million over 296,000 accounts amounts to about $34 per accout. Who would even care to take the time to collect????

 

[NWBuck]

Gotta agree with the masses on this one. Cabela's has great products, great service and a reasonable price. Whether online or in-store (I've done plenty of both), those who make the purchase and pay the bill will be happy in the end :way:

NWBuck

 

[Shovelbuck]

Here's another infraction that caught my attention while i still worked there........

November 10, 2008 5:23:10 PM


Cabela's pays $680,000 fine for alleged U.S. export violations
The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security announced Nov. 7 that Cabela's, an outdoor equipment outfitter based in Sydney, Neb., agreed to pay a $680,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that it committed 152 violations of the Export Administration Regulations involving exports of controlled optical sighting devices to various countries.

The allegations involved 76 exports of optical sighting devices for firearms in 2004 and 2005 to Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Finland, Ireland, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa, Sweden and Taiwan.
BIS said these devices are controlled on the Commerce Control List for crime control and firearms convention reasons and require an export license to the destinations at issue.

In addition, BIS alleged that Cabela's failed to file the required Shipper's Export Declaration for each of the 76 exports.
Cabela's settled similar allegations made by BIS in 2005 that on 685 occasions between April 1999 and September 2000 it made unlicensed exports of optical sighting devices to a number of countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile and Mexico.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to look at that list of countries and now the type of people that some of them harbor, and yet Cabelas still continued to sell gun optics to them fully knowing it was against the law unless it went to somebody with the proper license.
I know I can't convince those of you that feel they are the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I wasted 7 years of my life there and know things they do that would make most people sick.

 

[singlecoyote]

For me personaly, the customer service, wether its retail store, web based or through the catalog has been second to none. Impressive really.

I think for this arguement you need to make the distinction between the "foremost outfitter" and the "foremost bank."

I haven't had any problems with either. Its nice calling customer service on the card and getting someone that is pleasant, easy to understand and actually helpful.

I would guess that most CC companies have dirty laundry. I mean its pretty obvious that they do, but where the rubber meets the road (customer service) Cabelas has been good to me.

And I like banking points and buying hunting crap. :drink1:

 

[JakeWym]

Anyone who has shopped there in the last year knows that the customer service is not what it used to be. I used to buy almost everything over there, because I knew that if I had a problem with something, I could take it back. Now if you try to return something it almost takes an act of congress to get what you paid for out of it. What once was... is no more.

 

[longspurs]

Anyone who has shopped there in the last year knows that the customer service is not what it used to be. I used to buy almost everything over there, because I knew that if I had a problem with something, I could take it back. Now if you try to return something it almost takes an act of congress to get what you paid for out of it. What once was... is no more.

Agreed. Has anyone read the new return policy pamphlets they make readily available at customer service? The last time I took something back it wasn't as easy as it used to be and they were quick to make reference to their new policies and hand me a pamphlet. They also didn't spell everything out in the pamphlet and it's up to their own interpretation. Granted, part of that is because people were (and still are) taking advantage of it ... but returning/exchanging items doesn't seem to go as smoothly as it used to IMO.

-Longspurs-